#BEAA57#BEAA57

#BEAA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEAA57
RGB	rgb(190, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -3.42, 44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 45.03, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0112 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.106 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3316, 40.3863, 14.8439)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEAA57 #576BBE

analogous

#BE7757 #BEAA57 #9EBE57

triadic

#BEAA57 #57BEAA #AA57BE

tetradic

#BEAA57 #57BE77 #576BBE #BE579E

square

#BEAA57 #57BE77 #576BBE #BE579E

split-complementary

#BEAA57 #579EBE #7757BE

monochromatic

#6F622B #9C893C #BEAA57 #CFC083 #E0D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BEAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BEAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEAA57

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEAA57	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c389',
    500: '#beaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beaa57;
$custom-light: #d4c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEAA57

secondary

#A3ABCE

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEAA57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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